The northern pig-tailed macaque, also known as the Burmese pig-tailed macaque, is found in Thailand, Myanmar, southern Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), eastern Bangladesh and India. It has a short, pig-like tail, that it carries in an erect backward arch over the back, with the tip partially resting on the rump. The tip of the tail has a tuft of hair. It has a uniformly golden-brown coat with a brown triangular crown, buff-colored cheek whiskers and a red streak extending from the outer corner of each eye. When we visited Thailand in 2007, we visited a little monkey facility near Chiang Mai which had several of these monkeys on leash entertaining patrons.
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| I love this picture of Judy with a macaque. |
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| Having bugs picked out of my hair - I was worried that I was getting begs by having it perched on my shoulder. |
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| The younger macaque has a shorter tail than the adults. |
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| Red streaks are barely visible from the corner of each eye. I've seen pictures where this is significantly more pronounced, perhaps becoming more pronounced with age. Also note the brown crown. |
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| An even younger macaque. |
Everyone should have the experience of holding a monkey at least once in life. It reminded me of the children's book Curious George.
ReplyDeleteYou shouldn’t be encouraging the keeping of these animals for entertainment purposes. This is exactly the sort of thing that fuels the illegal wildlife/pet trade here in South-East Asia.
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted a baby Northern Pigtail, but never wanted to take a baby from it's mother. Is there a way to adopt an orphan baby ?
ReplyDeleteMe too! I would love to do the same thing to adopt, it would be a wonderful experience!
DeleteI would like to get an orphaned pig tail macaque or a Rhesa monkey.I take good care of my animals.I make sure they’re up to date on shots and have dental cleaned ever time they’re supposed to go.If I had a monkey it would get taking care of ! Can you tell me who I need to get in touch with?
ReplyDeleteHaving their teeth cleaned and getting shots is not even the most basic care for these animals-that’s more like having a cat. These animals require outdoor enclosures that are the size of a human house, they get depressed if you don’t have more than one, they require constant stimulation and activity so you’ll need huge climbing structures, new toys (and not a ball or a chew toy) and activities pretty much every single week, and then you’ll have to develop a behavioral plan to raise it because if you don’t then it’ll become extremely jealous of anyone who comes into the home and will attack them. You also can’t get home insurance with a monkey-they won’t insure you. You can’t ever go on vacation because they can’t be left with other people and how will you go to work? You can’t leave it at home in a cage alone for half the day like you can with a dog. So you’ll need A LOT of money without having to work and not leave your home for 30years.
DeleteI want one and I don’t want to get ripped off.So how can I find a place that sells them.I live in WV and we are allowed to have them.
ReplyDeleteThese animals are literally becoming endangered because people are buying them as pets (which to get them as pets people will kill off entire troops to take the babies) and they almost NEVER are able to care for them accurately. Most die much sooner from bad nutrition, they get depressed because they don’t have other monkeys to live with and for what-so people can make them live in diapers their entire lives in cages because they are cute as babies. Please educate yourself people and stop this.
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